Life Is Too Short. . .

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Glee

I loved Glee tonight.  So funny and I loved this song!

I Hate Homework and Projects

I'm sick today.  Boo!

I'm also trying to finish my homework but keep getting distracted by texts from my sassy, gay bff (who is not gay but sure is sassy), wedding planning, the wonders of the Internet, and my lack of sleep.

Who's up for making a PowerPoint about Scaffoled Silent Reading and Literature Cirlces?  How about you?  Yes, you.  No?  You sure?  Well the offer is there if you change your mind.  It's due today at 6pm...that's 4 hours away.  Get to work!

Three Cheers for Maiden Names

I went back on track today.  

I told my class that I got engaged while off track.

They clapped and cheered.

Then told me I had to keep my maiden name because it's cooler.  

Hmmmm...

I Try to Sew

Remember when I blogged about my pictorial evidence of thinking I can sew?  Well, it's here . . .

I always have sewing ideas in my head that turn out perfectly...in my head.  But then I remember how I have absolutely no patience for measuring or being exact with anything.  Ugh.  That being said, I still try things.

I saw this tutorial and thought, "I have old tank tops that I don't wear.  I like dresses a lot.  I think I can do that."  And so I did.  

Being me, I got bored real fast and decided to skip a few steps . . . namely the "pin the crap out of this so it doesn't slid all over the place" step. 

Here's what I learned: Don't skip that step.  It's a bad idea.

 The sewing started off well (left side, I pinned that) but then it just ended up a big mess of fabric.

My hand is where the skirt should have been sewn to the tank top.  It's just a little off.  No big deal.

 Let's just say, I didn't end up wearing this but I will try again with my new found sewing knowledge.

Repeat after me: Pins are friends.

Pumpkin Carving

My friends and I had a pumpkin carving party. . .on October 9th.  So I'm a little late with the blogging, sue me. 

Also, I was a little early with the carving.  Our pumpkins were mold factories waaaaaay before Halloween.

The Trifecta of Awesome. . .Ash, Jaynee, Jenny

The Doublecta (?) of Wonderful. . .Brandon and Ryan

 Ryan's pumpkin

 Josh's Pumpkin

 Jaynee spent over an hour using one of the templates on her pumpkin.  Then it all fell apart so she used the back side and carved this face with a mustache?

Brandon's pumpkin

 My pumpkin

Kellen's pumpkin

 My garbage vomited pumpkin guts all over my kitchen.  I'm still finding random pumpkin seeds.

Why Would You Rid Your Closet of This?

A week before Halloween, Jenny, Ryan and I went to the D.I. to find "cloaks" (a.k.a. graduation gowns) for our zombie Harry Potter character costumes.  We didn't find any at this certain D.I. but we did find this gem:

Oh yeah!  Stirrups? Check.  Shoulder pads? Check.  Pleats that add so much to your lady business? Check.

Let's see how this baby looks from the back to see if it can get any better.  Doubtful, but maybe.

Oh wait!  It is better.  Backless?  Check.   Really high waist so you have "mom butt"?  Check.

Obviously, giving this unitard to the D.I. was a mistake.  Who would ever want to get rid of such a lovely outfit?  No worries.  Jenny rocked it all around the D.I. then decided to adopt it and make it a part of our lovely home.

The unitard adventures have been nonstop.

Ring-a-Ling-a-Ling

Remember this day?  When Ryan posted this picture on Facebook waaaaaay before I was really engaged?

Well, I decided to take a real one just like this picture.

I love this ring.

November Videos

I'm loving these songs.







Oh, Sesame Street...so fabulous!

Who's the Freak?

We had our ward Halloween party today.

I was Ron Weasley: Zombie edition.  My friend Jenny was Hermione Granger and Tom was Harry.  It was pretty awesome.

It was a great party.  Only thing is, I had to leave early. . .to go to the airport. . .while wearing zombie make up. . .to meet one of Anthony's friends who just got off her mission.   Let's just say it was interesting.  The good thing about the freak parade that I was is that next time she sees me, I'll look amazing in comparison. 

So many stares.  Looking back, I should have gone all zombie and chased the children while moaning "Brrraaaaaaaiiinnnnssssss!!!!"  But I didn't.  I smiled and waved.  I guess I'm Ron the Friendly Zombie.

Funny side note:  Anthony was pulled over by airport police for going 25 in a 10.  Ha!  The officer was in a real good mood so he let him off with a warning.  I'm pretty sure he was in said good mood because I was in the passenger seat wearing full zombie make up.  Just saying.

Omgg Mizz J.!!!!!

Today, I posted all the pictures on Facebook, changed my status. . .you know, all the things you're supposed to do when you get engaged.

A few hours later I get this text from a student I had last year:

*Omgg mizz. J!!!!!:):)
UR GETTING MARRIED?!?:):):):)
Whaa?! When did thiz happen?!?!?:)
omgg sorry buhh I juss saw the pictures on facebook and kind of FREAKED OUT!!!!!!!:):)
Gosh.  I'm sooo happy!
You guys look soo amazing together !!!:)
UU two are ganna b together forevva...<##
hehe lol. :D
He's soo lucky to have uu cuzz ur frinkin wonderful!!!:)
once again. I'm soooo happy!!!!!!:):):)
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BOTH OF UU!!!!!:)
<3/
F. :):)

p.s. i juss had tah tell uu that as soon as possible an facebook waz juss ot ganna cut it ;)
CONGRATS!!!!!:):)


I love this kid.  She's a riot.

*This is exactly how the text came in.  I promise I did teach her how to spell and write in formal English.  I'm not a bad teacher.

Put This One in Your Journal

Today was a great day.

It began kinda ho-hum but ended up being the greatest day of my life up until now.

Like I said, we arrived home from our Mississippi/Texas trip at 10:30 am after beginning our drive at 6:30am yesterday. 

I was gross and dirty and ornery and had homework.  Let's just say I wasn't in the best of moods.  I finally got my homework done and went to class.  Same old Tuesday. . .at least that's what I thought was going to happen.

I had planned on just going home after class to have a Girls Night with Jaynee and Jenny.  As I was walking to my car, texting, putting something in my bag, and not really paying attention to anything around me; Anthony's sister came out of nowhere.  I was confused and thought maybe she went to Westminster.  So I said hi and tried to continue on my way to my car (remember, I was ornery and wanting to get home).

She says, "You're late for the ball."  I'm confused.  She hands me a cryptic note that I had to figure out.  I was still confused.  I read and read the note and couldn't figure out where I was supposed to go. Finally she told me to go to Highland High School.  I didn't know where that was.  She told me and I googled it.  This was getting off to a lovely start, huh?

I arrive at Highland to see my friend Brandon looking dapper in a tux.  He gave me some heels and another note.  I asked if I had to wear the shoes...turns out I did.  I complained.  It was the first snow of the season, freezing, and I was wearing comfy boots and a sweater.  I didn't want to wear the heels but I obliged because I knew it would all be worth it in the end.  As the thoughts of what was happening were swimming through my sleep deprived and scrambled from school brain, Brandon kept asking me questions about my trip.  Really, Brandon?!? is all I could think.  This is not the time to tell you all about my trip.  I've got bigger things happening.  (Turns out he was told to stall me.  Good job, Brandon.)

The next place I arrived was Dee's.  Brad was waiting with a corsage and another note.  He asked me if I knew what was going on.  Obviously, I did (do you?).  He told me he was glad because if I didn't he was going to use his veto power on me.  Ugh.

Then I came to Jenny's sister's house where Jenny and Jaynee were waiting for me.  They had brought a bunch of dresses, shoes and make up so they could make sure I looked real good.  We talked and tried on dresses and did my make up.  It was a glorious "Girls Night."

Josh picked me up from Jenny's sister's house.  He made me sit in the back like I was being chauffeured around.  It was weird for me but whatever.  He drove me to the state capitol building where we pulled up and saw everyone waiting for me.  Ryan greeted me at my door and walked me up the stairs.

At the top of the stairs was Anthony.  He's so amazing.  By this time, I was on such an adrenaline high, that I can't remember much of what was said.  I'm pretty sure there were some "I love you"'s and "You're freaking amazing" like things in there but I'm not sure so I'm just going to let the pictures do the talking.

No, Brad did not marry us.  Though we completely agree that's what this picture looks like.

I only like this picture because of Brad.  Anthony and I both look a little goofy but it's still one of my favs.

 So here we are.  I'll be Ash H. from January 27, 2011 on.

If I Always Talked With a Southern Accent Would I Have More Friends?

You wouldn't know it from my recent posts, but I hate hate hate, with a capital H, road trips.  They would be in my personal version of Hell...just one eternal road trip.  Ugh.

If you're mad a me, make me go on a really long road trip.  If you really hate me, make me take this road trip while facing backwards.  This may back fire on you though because I'll probably barf all over your car.  Serves you right for making a lady sit backwards in a car, I'm pretty sure seat belts don't work that way.

That was a huge tangent.  Sorry.  Keep reading.

Anthony and I went to Mississippi (by the way, how fun is it to type Mississippi?  Go ahead and try.  I'll wait.  It was fun, wasn't it?) and Texas to visit his mission from Oct 20-26.  It was interesting to meet new people and hear the fabulous accents.  I decided I want to be Southern so I can talk with a drawl.  Admit it, you'd be jealous of me and my Southern-ness.

While in Mississippi, I lived through my first tornado warning.  I have never ever in my life seen rain like that.  Crazy.

By the way, we drove to Texas...straight through.  Yep, that's about 23 hours of driving.  But we made it. 

Good trip, aside from the driving for almost 48 hours just to get there and back.

Family Pictures

We had family photos taken on October 15th.

We went to Fotofly in Draper.  They did an amazing job!  I highly recommend them to anyone.  The photographer was very patient and made us look so freaking fabulous.

I think I've even convinced my mom to get family pictures taken there with her, Mike and all the girls.

I'll be using them for all my future photography needs.